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Intravenous zoledronate 5mg, administered annually, prevents fractures in people with osteoporosis, but the optimal dosing schedule is not known. Previously, we reported that a single dose of 5mg zoledronate stably decreased bone turnover and increased bone mineral density (BMD) for 3years in a randomized controlled trial in 50 postmenopausal women with osteopenia. We have now completed a 2-year double-blind...
The conventional view of the mode of action of bisphosphonates is that they are taken up by bone surfaces and then ingested by bone-resorbing osteoclasts, the activity of which they inhibit through their actions on the enzyme, farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) synthase. This model suggests that these compounds should only have effects on osteoclasts, and does not provide an explanation for their other...
Paget's disease is the best example of a common high turnover bone disease. A review of the early use of bisphosphonates in the treatment of this condition shows that many of the fundamental therapeutic issues were identified using drugs which by today's standards were far from ideal. Over the succeeding decades there has been a steady increase in potency culminating in the introduction of intravenous...
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is now defined by the presence of exposed bone in the mouth, which fails to heal after appropriate intervention over a period of six or eight weeks. It is commonly precipitated by a tooth extraction in patients treated with zoledronate, pamidronate or a combination of these agents, for the management of myeloma, breast cancer or prostate cancer. In patients with these...
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a complication of high-dose bisphosphonate use, characterized by the finding of exposed bone in the oral cavity. It has been assumed that the primary lesion lies in bone and is related to over-suppression of bone turnover, but it is unclear why such a lesion should present with loss of the soft tissue covering of the mandible or maxilla as the primary clinical feature...
Previously, we reported that people with elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels due to primary hyperparathyroidism have increased body weight compared to eucalcemic controls. We sought to determine whether the same relationship between PTH and body weight exists in eucalcemic healthy postmenopausal women, and to investigate the relationships between components of body weight, PTH, vitamin D metabolites,...
Recent observational studies suggest that patients using statins have higher bone densities and lower fracture rates. However, this finding has not been supported by a secondary analysis of a large randomized controlled trial, assessing pravastatin. It has been suggested that the latter finding might be attributable to the failure of pravastatin, which is hydrophilic, to gain access to bone. The recently...
The measurement of biochemical markers of bone turnover is integral to the diagnosis and management of Paget's disease. Recently, there has been a proliferation of new markers and a move to carry out existing assays on automated platforms. We have assessed the performance of seven currently available markers in 20 patients with Paget's disease undergoing ibandronate therapy (6 or 12 mg) and in nine...
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